OVERVIEW
Target audience: Site Administrators, Site Managers, Site Editors
eCalendar content syndication through short tags allows Web Management Systems (WMS) pages to link to course, program, or general information from the eCalendar.
Content syndication is useful to avoid content duplication and additional work. Once a short tag is added to a page, it will NOT change from year to year (unlike URLs). Content associated with the short tag is updated automatically to reflect updates to the official version in the eCalendar.
This functionality is strongly recommended for conveying course or program information on McGill websites.
In this article:
Add a short tag for a program
To obtain a program’s short tag, sign into the eCalendar website to look for the short tag or send an email to ecalendarsupport.es@mcgill.ca, requesting the short tag for a specific program.
Find the program's short tag in the eCalendar:
These steps require the Site Manager or Site Editor role in the WMS:
- Go to the eCalendar website and sign in with your McGill Username and Password.
- Search for the program and click on its name to see the description.
- The short tag appears at the bottom of each program page. To generate a short tag for an individual course, see the examples in the table below.
Add a short tag for a course, program description or other information
A short tag can be added in either the HTML editor or in the WYSIWYG text editor. Short tags for courses are not found on the eCalendar website. Instead, they follow the template indicated below, substituting the appropriate course code. Examples of the different types of short tags are shown below.
Short Tag |
Example |
|---|---|
Link to a course description[course link BIOL 200] |
Very basic link that can be used in a sentence, list, etc. Clicking on the link takes the visitor to the course description on the eCalendar website. Displays the number and name of the course. |
Link to a medium course description[course medium BIOL 200] |
Displays the course number, name, and number of credits. Clicking on the link expands and collapses a section that displays all of the same information as a long course description (course description, faculty offering the course, semester offered, pre- and co-requisites, and instructors). This format is recommended for saving space on a page. |
Link to a long course description[course long BIOL 200] |
Displays the course number, name, number of credits, course description, faculty offering the course, semester offered, pre- and co-requisites, and instructors. |
Link to course information for previous years [course link BIOL 200 2013] |
Adding the year to the end of the code will display courses found in that year. |
Link to a program description[program link BENG-GEN-FY X GFE MAJOR] |
Very basic link that can be used in a sentence, list, etc. Clicking on the link takes the visitor to the program description on the eCalendar website. Displays the degree and name of the program. |
Link to a medium program description[program medium BA X ECL8 MINOR] |
Displays the degree, program name, and number of credits. Clicking on the link expands and collapses a section that displays all of the same information as a long program description (faculty offering the program, degree, program requirements, and courses). This format is recommended for saving space on a page. |
Link to a long program description[program long BA X ECL8 MINOR] |
Displays the faculty offering the program, degree, program requirements, and courses. |
Link to a program description from previous years [program link BENG-GEN-FY X GFE MAJOR 2015] |
Adding the year to the end of the code will display the program found in that year. |
Link to general information[ecalendar 09020fda8001d035 09020fda8000570b] |
Displays a topic from the eCalendar |
